In 2025, fire departments serving Green Park responded to 16 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $10K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Unauthorized burning lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 56% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
67 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $122K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 3 | — | |
| 2022* | 2 | — | |
| 2023 | 16 | — | |
| 2024 | 30 | +87.5% | |
| 2025 | 16 | -46.7% |
* Well below Green Park's usual volume. That almost always means one or more departments didn't submit a full year to NFIRS, not that fires dropped, so no year-over-year change is shown for it.
For the 0 building fires Green Park departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 12 building fires investigators classified across 2021–2025. The room or location where ignition occurred — kitchens, bedrooms, exterior, vehicle areas — tells you where to focus prevention.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 3 | 25.0% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 2 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Storage area, other | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 6 | Ceiling & floor assembly, crawl space b/t stories | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 8.3% |
NFIRS Heat Source (HEAT_SOURC) — the physical thing that started it. Spark or ember from operating equipment, an open flame, smoking materials, or hot embers from a fireplace are the leading culprits nationwide. Here's the Green Park mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 6 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Chemical reaction | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 6 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 1 | 8.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Green Park departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Green Park sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 6,314 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,475 | 33.9 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,026 | 49.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 800 | 48.9 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 360 | 35.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 | 47.4 mi | |
| 1997 | Debris and open burning | 270 | 33.1 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 264 | 48.8 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 225 | 24.5 mi | |
| 1995 | Debris and open burning | 150 | 44.4 mi | |
| 2002 | Natural | 150 | 24.8 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 | 36.2 mi | |
| 1997 | Smoking | 135 | 41.8 mi |
Top 2 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Missouri cities with population within ±25% of Green Park. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
A 30-minute weekend can cut your home's exposure substantially. These four checklists are a good starting point.
Numbers reflect incidents reported by participating fire departments to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Public Data Release for calendar year 2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Per-capita comparisons use 2023 ACS population estimates. Wildland fire data complements NFIRS with NIFC and USFS perimeters. Active-fire counts come from a dated NIFC snapshot, not a live feed.